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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Oppose Pending Arizona Immigration Law
Three national Jewish groups urged Arizona’s governor to veto a bill that would force local authorities to enforce federal immigration law. If passed, the bill “would make state and local law enforcement officers’ jobs nearly impossible, and would bring us further from, not closer to, the goal we all share of making our communities safer,”…
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Fast Forward New Campaign Seeks Heirs to Holocaust Victims’ Assets
A campaign is being launched in North America to locate the heirs to Israeli assets originally purchased by Jews who died in the Holocaust. Throughout the first half of the 20th century, hundreds of European Jews invested in what was then Palestine. Following World War II, many of the assets were never claimed. Included in…
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Fast Forward Obama’s Yom HaShoah Message
President Obama called on people to honor the memory of Holocaust victims in a statement released in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day. “We must recommit ourselves to honoring the memories of all the victims and ensuring that they remain a part of our collective memory… We must never tolerate the hateful stereotypes and prejudice against…
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Fast Forward Polish Jews Mourn President Kaczynski
Jews in Poland joined in mourning the victims of a plane crash that took the lives of President Lech Kaczynski and dozens of other members of Poland’s leadership. Memorial services were scheduled in synagogues in Warsaw and Krakow, and Jewish organizations and cultural centers canceled their programs during the week of national mourning declared by…
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Fast Forward Bibi Backs Out of Obama’s Nuclear Summit
Israel’s prime minister will not attend President Obama’s Nuclear Security Summit next week. No official reason was given for Benjamin Netanyahu’s last minute cancellation. An Israeli delegation headed by Dan Meridor, one of five deputy prime ministers, will attend. Various media quoted Israeli officials as saying that Netanyahu backed out when he was made aware…
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Fast Forward Bibi Will Attend Obama’s Nuclear Summit
Israel’s prime minister will attend President Obama’s Nuclear Security Summit next week, but no one-on-one meeting is planned for the two leaders. Benjamin Netanyahu and Obama met a little more than two weeks ago at the White House for discussions that failed to resolve a diplomatic impasse over Israel’s announcement of plan for 1,600 new…
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Fast Forward Obama’s New Nuclear Policy Excludes Iran
Iran excepted from Obama’s new nuclear policy President Obama’s new strategy to limit U.S. use of nuclear weapons would not apply to “outliers like Iran and North Korea,” he said. The new policy, which Obama discussed in an interview with The New York Times that was published on Monday, ahead of the president’s planned nuclear…
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Fast Forward White House Tries To Reassure Jewish Leaders
A senior White House official tried to reassure United States Jewish community leaders in the wake of tension between the Obama administration and Israel. In an off-the-record conference call, National Security Council Middle East Senior Director Dan Shapiro on Friday reportedly said that reports of tension between the two allies were being blown out of…
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